Current-motor.



E. S. BAYLEY.

CURRENT MOTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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Emery .5 507/67 THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHING TON u r E.S. BAYLEY.

I CURRENT MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1913. 1,1 1 1,350, Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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' jamm s. BAYLEY; or! SPOKANE, wAsnIneToN; Assrcnon, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, or ONE-HALF. TO nAnn-IsoN A. DENNEYMAND ONE-HALFMTO ROBERTT; LAURENCE.

To all wh'o m itmdy concern -Be it known that I,'-EMERY S. 'BAYLEY, a

citizen' of the United States; residing at Spokane, in the county ofSpokane and adapted to be submerged in a flowing stream and presentingimproved features for taking power and motion from the motion of the flwing water. I

a vertical shaft with horizontally and radially extending shaftsextending from the 1 main shaft with'blades operating in pairs andmounted upon the radially extending shafts in improved manner to takepower 7 from the moving stream.

A further object of the invention is" to provide improved structure forsupporting the radially extending arms and the blades carried thereby.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means forconnecting the radial shafts with the main shaft.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain.novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved currentmotor removed from supporting frames or struc-v tures -F1g. 2 1s atransverse sectional v1ew "of the improved motor taken on a verticalplane and seen from the down stream side.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views. I i of I The improved current motorwhich forms thesubject matter of this application comprises a vertical shaft 10 whichmay be Imounted in any approved supporting frame: I work; here hown forexample as suspended from floats 11 by a framework 12 but it is to beunderstood that any; means 7 of submerging the motor within the flowingstream is equally within the scope of this invention. About thecentralshaft 10 a plurality of rings as 13, Hand 15 are provided concentricwith the shaftand rigidly Specification of LettersPatentL:

ngr r h objea of the mventionlis it'd v provide a'submerged currentmotor having replaced or a new blade cURRENT-iuoron.

Patented spt. 22, 1914..

V hpplication filed Mayl2, 19 13. Serial No. 767,193..

connected therewith loy means of rods 16 and 17. I The rods' 16 areconnected di 'rectly to the lower ends of posts 18"while the rods 17 areconnected directly to the lower endsof posts 19 with the ring 14connected to both the tops of the posts 19 .and the bottoms of the posts18, while the ring 13 is connected with the tops of the posts 18 and thering lo with the bottoms of the posts-19- By'this arrangement a rigidstructure connected with the central shaft is provided with the posts.18 and 19 properly spaced vertically and in "staggered rela ion aboutsuch shaft. vertical shaft; 10. sleeves =or pipes 20. and 12 near thetop are inserted, which said sleeves are squared upon their insides orotherwise proportioned to receive squared or multiangular Shafts 22inserted therein, the opposite ends of said shafts finding bearings inthe tops of posts 18 many ap proved manner as by forming trunnions 23thereon which are inserted through said posts. Intermediate the sleeves20 and the bottom of the shaft other sleeves 2 land 25 are also insertedof similar construction and also adapted to receive shafts 26 whichlikewise are provided with bearing means in the posts 19, as forinstance the trunnions 27. I

Upon the squared or multiangular shafts 22 and 26 blades are secured as28, such securing meansbeing in any approved manner but preferably bymeans of ears 29 secured rigidly to the blades and attached to thesquared shafts 22. and 26 by means of set screws 30. The ear at the sideof the blade adjacent the vertical shaft 10 is so positioned as to abutagainst the extrem- 'ities of the sleeves 20 or 24 and to holdsuchsleeve in position and hold the shafts '22 and 26 in their bearings inthe posts 18 and 19. It will be apparent that when the set screws 30 areloosened the shafts 22 and 26 may be slidably moved into the sleeves 20and 24: to displace the trunnions 23 and 27 whereby the shafts may betaken out and put in position as circumstances may requir It will beunderstood that in operation the current flowing in the direction of theview of Fig. 1 will impinge against the blades 28 at the right hand sideoffthe figure and hold such blades against the rods 16 at the bottomsides to present the broad Through the side to the current but at theopposite side the blades will be feathered or in horizontal position topresent/little or no resistance to the passageof the current. The bladesupon opposite ends of the connected shafts are feathering its companionblade. It will be, thelfefore, apparent that upon one side of a theshaft 10 all ofthe blades Will present broadsides t0 the currentWhile'upon the opposite side of the shaft all ofthe blades. Willhefeathered presenting little or no reist c and tha the bladfls-Willautomatically. change fr.0m $11 211 broad side to featheredpositionas-the structure rotates ab ut it ve t cal axis v lr laim:

a .currentmotor, a frame, a Vertically diseased shaft'ietatable'withsaid frame, a

sl e e r ,ta able extending ally e dradiaHy a 'seetion, v

ing an interior of polygonal H pairpof blade shafts ha ing polygonalinner ends'non-rotatively fitted in the ends of said sleeve and havingshouldered outer ends rotatively journaled in said frame,

blades "having'ears non-rotatively fitted on said blade shafts todispose theblades at right angles to each other, and means, for

securing bneofthe Tears of eachbladeito its blade $111111 in abuttin-grelation with one end of said sleeve to prevent longitudinal:

'movement ofthe bladeshaftsfout of'bearingg relation "with said frame,substantially. as "40 described.

In testimony whereof l afiiii rnysign atirre in presence of twoWitnesses;

- EMER Witnesses: I

HAROLD. SGANTLEBURY, v EDNA l31aorn1ts.-. a

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